City staff report: street repairs, lift-station work, park maintenance and upcoming events
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Summary
City staff reported recent and ongoing public-works projects — including the 30th Street maintenance program, 13th Street and 30 Third reconstructions, East H Street lift station mobilization — and parks/airport maintenance. Melissa Dixon, CVB director, also previewed major August events and new visithays.com updates.
Colin Belzer, deputy city manager, and Melissa Dixon, director of the Convention and Visitors Bureau, provided updates on city operations, public-works projects and upcoming community events.
Belzer reported that the service division repaired the intersection at 20 Second and MacArthur and addressed water-leak repairs at 18th and 20th; staff repaired curb, gutter and ADA ramps at 17th and Millner. He said the chip-and-seal maintenance program is largely complete, with pavement marking to follow and that 30 Third Street reconstruction finished roughly three months ahead of schedule. Equipment for the East H Street lift station replacement has started to arrive; the work was described as mobilizing this week with a potential completion window to the end of the year but possibly sooner.
Parks staff treated hundreds of trees for bagworms, repaired playground equipment and made parking-lot repairs at the golf course ahead of chip-and-seal work. Airport staff placed rock along the terminal parking lot fence line to reduce erosion and wildlife hazards.
Melissa Dixon outlined a schedule of public events and tourism activity: the Sternberg Museum summer exhibit (animal armor) runs through September; an interactive "A Place to Call Home" exhibit is on loan at the Ellis County Historical Society Museum; downtown markets and the Hays Fresh Produce Market run on Saturdays; the annual Duck Derby (Big Brothers Big Sisters) will be at the Aquatic Park on August 6; concerts at the Fox Theater and Fort Hays State University events were previewed; and the Convention and Visitors Bureau launched a redesigned visithays.com site to improve user experience.
Commissioners thanked staff for the street and project work and praised CVB efforts on events and visitor services.
Ending: Staff will continue scheduled construction, maintenance and event-support activities; no formal actions were taken on these informational items.